Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-11-18
sociates were the black collins Of
the Anarchists, each half hidden
L.. a drn MIN Of flaming red

of the name OF PARSONS nerco
mOuthpiece, the Anarchist Alarm.
The uncanny sound had hardly
ceased when tue collins were
brought 10 a stand still and lald
upon a rude little platform in front
of what seemed q rough stone bur,
perfectly wlndowless, and with only
one small door. A moment later
person who had followed the collins
TO this point could not stir a foot,
so thick had the crowd become.
The relatives of the dead men
were quickly gathered beside Cap
tain Black on the platform, but IN
the gathering darkness the only
features that could be discerned
were the cleaning eyes OF Parsons,
wife. the pale. agOnIzed brow OF
Nina Van ZaDdt, and the gross
looking form OF Ida Friedel, Louis
LIngg's 'giri,p
Without any prelimiuaries what
ever, Captain Black began the first
o. the funeral olatlons. Ii was
couchcd ia clear.out, elegant
periods, bul had no more effect on
tn listeners than had the inscrlp-
tiOns on the grave stones scattered
about. He said:
"What is truth through eighteen cen
tnres and more. the answer OF that l0yal,
that glorious One Of Nazareth TO that
question, was IN these words Il am
truth and no man knows truth until u
has become the inspiration Of his life ana
be is crowned IN death. These men have
kept loyal to the convictions that entered
into their lives.
Il am not here this afternoon 10 speak
TO yon any special words concerning the
cause for which these men lyed, or con-
corning the manner of their taxing on,
but TO speak 20 you like a frie2d, 10 tell
you that that cause which commanded
their services was sealed az last by their
lives, with unstlnted measure, for the sake
of those they loved.
"You know how grandly they passed
ont Of this life into perfect and glorious
life that is beyond the reach Of msjudg-
ment. We are not here beside the caskets
OF felons consigned TO Ignominious death.
We are here beside the bodies Of those
who were sublime in their self-sacrifice,
and for whom the gibbet became the
glorious cross.
"They have been painted and presented
10 the world as men loving violence and
riot and boodshed for lis own sake. Moth
ing could he further from the truth.
"They were men who loved peace, whose
hearts were fully Of tenderness, who were
loved by those who knew them, trusted by
those who came 10 understand the glory
and mower of their lives. And the anarchy
OF which they spoke and taught, what
was it but an attempt to answer the ques-
ton After the revolution, whatT
They believed that there was that OF
wrong and hardship in the existing order
which pointed TO conflict, because they
believed that selfshness would not surren-
der peaceably angst its own motion TO
righteousness. Add the whole Of their
thought, Of their philosophy as Anarchists,
was the establishment of any order OF
society that should be symbolIzed in the
words: Order without force Is ii prac'
teal : know not They thought II was.
know that it is not practical now, but
know, also, as philosopher aud Christian,
under the inspiration of love, that a day
will come when righteousness will reign
in the earth and when sin and selhshness
will end"
Captain Black ended his address
by reading a poem reciting the
virtues OF the deceased, and laud.
ing Anarchy. The verses were
written by some one unknown to
hlm, and handed to him on the
train.
A DETROIT AGITATOR.
He vas followed w Robert
Reitzel, of Detroit, who spoke in
German, and had only said one
sentence when he had reused the
crowd from their lethargy and
stirred the spirit that shone out so
luridly IN the meeting at the Hay.
market.
he said "Friends, came here with the
intention of making charge, not against
the people who to-day in their churches
are thanking God for His just verdict, nor
against the hangman whom they call
sheriff. nor against the jury. Judge, nor
the states attorney, but against the work.
ingmen of Chicago, because they allow
five Of their best men TO be murdered in
their midst. LSensation, and cries Of
"Bravow But everybody is not an heroic
spirit like Louis Lngg, who felt that in
such moments the instincts of self-preser.
walton would have been cOwardice in a
fight against a soci'ty that Is based upon
robbery and sustained by murder. IRE
newed yelling by the crowd cannot
say more than that they died for justice"
7. j. Morgan, a local Socialist
leader of English birth, made a
violent harangue, which excited
comments from the crowd. He
said there could be nothing but
contempt for the law which hung
the Anarchists. There was a mo.
ment when an excited listener
shouted: Throttle the law -
Morgan spoke in the most bitter
terms of Inspector Bonfeld, States
Attorney GrinnelI and Judge Gary,
and referred sneeringly OF the
spread eagleism Of the American
Fourth of July obscuring the minds
of the people.
Part OF the listeners did not relish
this remark, aud when he asked
how the wrongs of the working.
class could be righted, many shout.
ell "by the BALLOT
There was no cOunter.outbreak,
the majority Of the spectators lis.
tening in dead silence aud gazing
steadtastly at the collins.
The last speech was IN German
by Albert Curtin, formerly of the
Arbeiter IeitUag. He scarcely got
a start when Captain Black stepped
to the front and laid his hand on
the speakers arm. 1t was now
pitch dark IN the graveyard, and
the people were being wrought up
to a high tension of excitement by
the oratory and the surroundings.
Captain Black gave the word that
the ceremonies would now be con.
sidered closed.
There was a movement showing
the collins OF the five Anarchists
were being carried into the black.
ness within the vault.
At once there was wild STAN.
pede for the train. The greatest
object lesson of the century was at
an end.
AT Princeton, Mercer county, w.
Va, John Wright attempted to
force an entrance into the residence
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